Cha Publishes on Gender Differences in Trends in Spousal Caregiving for Older Adults
Posted: 10/30/2025 (CSDE Research)
CSDE Affiliate Hyungmin Cha (Sociology) and a co-author just published an article in the Journal of Marriage and Family. Cha and his co-author analyze data from the 2000–2018 Health and Retirement Study to assess trends in the prevalence of spousal caregiving among both men and women. The authors observe no change in spousal caregiving rates among women over time, while the prevalence of male spousal caregivers rose from approximately 6% to 11% between 2002 and 2018. However, this increase is mostly reflected in secondary, instrumental, and low-intensity caregiving roles.